Otago

Dunedin's water treatment plant has been evacuated this afternoon, and two workers had to be treated after a fluoride bag split while the plant was being cleaned.

Dunedin residents want permanent protection for Foulden Maar, which was under threat of being mined until the company planning to do so went into receivership.

Of the 141 submissions made to Queenstown Lakes District Council, none were in support of the hotel.

The decision includes plans to fast-forward the city's target of reaching net zero carbon by 2030, rather than 2050.

Good samaritans have stepped up to install security doors, top of the line CCTV, and fix electrical issues at Dunedin's Al Huda Mosque. Video

Otago University Students' Association has described a situation where the law faculty set an exam question describing a scenario similar to the Christchurch terror attacks as "insensitive and…

Two people have been charged in relation to an aggravated burglary in Otago.

At the Port Chalmers dairy farm Holy Cow, each of Merrall and Alex MacNeille's 54 Jersey cows has a name and her own milking stall. The couple sell the cows' milk, along with butter, cream and yoghurt…

A popular Queenstown walking track has closed after a large slip on the side of the Shotover River this afternoon.

A lawyer says more options are needed to deal with offenders with mental health issues after a defendant with obsessive-compulsive disorder was jailed for abusing her mother. Audio

In a three-day span a Dunedin woman allowed her 71-year-old mother six hours' sleep, constantly waking her in the night with a barrage of abuse.

Wastewater overflows into the environment are less harmful than having it flow back into people's homes, the Queenstown Lakes District Council says.

Protesters are accusing a security firm of sending an undercover worker in to spy on them ahead of the Minerals Forum in Dunedin last month.

Southern DHB's move to lease a space for Wanaka's maternal and child hub is a positive step but not all that is needed, a local advocate says. Audio

When fire crews arrived, the car was alight with two people still inside.

A Wanaka midwives support group have rejected Southern DHB's claims a woman who gave birth on an office floor had access to a procedure room in a medical centre next door. Video, Audio